DEFWDV018 — Act as a standby diver
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What an assessment for DEFWDV018 must cover
37 assessable components: 2 elements (8 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 21 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare as a standby diver
- 1.1Conduct function check on equipment
- 1.2Confirm dive plan and emergency response plan with dive supervisor
- 1.3Prepare and position emergency resources in accordance with dive plan
2 Operate as a standby diver
- 2.1Maintain situational awareness and status of deployed diver/s during dive operation
- 2.2Respond to incidents or unplanned situations in accordance with emergency response and dive plan
- 2.3Locate and reach diver to render assistance
- 2.4Render assistance to diver
- 2.5Recover unconscious diver in accordance with emergency response and dive plan
Performance evidence
- applying relevant industry standards, and organisational policies and procedures
- applying SCUBA operating techniques
- assembling equipment and attaining and maintaining a state of readiness to enter the water rapidly in accordance with emergency response plan
- interpreting orders, dive and emergency response plan
- locating and recovering an unconscious diver from a depth of 20 metres to the surface
- maintaining records according to organisational policies and procedures
- performing standby diver duties
- wearing of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) equipment
Knowledge evidence
- dive equipment
- dive physics
- dive physiology and medicine, including:
- compression illnesses
- decompression illnesses
- heat and cold illnesses
- diving descent and ascent techniques
- general diving safety awareness, including:
- diving in harbours
- diving in tidal waters, currents and tides
- diving on and/or near a ship’s hull
- entrapment/foul lines
- lost/separated
- marine animal threats
- pollution/weeds
- working in confined spaces
- oceanography
- relevant industry standards, and organisational policies and procedures, including:
- dive plan and/or instructions/orders
- emergency response procedures/plan
- SCUBA operating techniques
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Questions about assessing DEFWDV018
What does an assessment tool for DEFWDV018 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for DEFWDV018 needs to address all 37 unit components: 2 elements with 8 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 21 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for DEFWDV018?
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Related units
- DEFWDV019 — Conduct an underwater search of a ship's hull
- DEFWDV022 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (HeO2) in open water to a maximum depth of 60 metres
- DEFWDV023 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (N2O2) in open water to a maximum depth of 50 metres
- DEFWDV024 — Dive using closed-circuit breathing apparatus (O2) in open water to a maximum depth of 10 metres
- DEFWDV025 — Dive using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus in open water to a maximum depth of 30 metres
- DEFWDV026 — Dive using surface-supplied breathing apparatus (SSBA) in open water to 30 metres
- DEFWDV027 — Employ air-lift devices under water
- DEFWDV028 — Employ explosive power tools in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV029 — Employ hand tools in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV030 — Employ power tools in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV031 — Employ thermal cutting and welding tools (non-load bearing) in an underwater environment
- DEFWDV034 — Perform non-technical structural inspections under water
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